Oscar S. Johnson photograph collection

Identifier
irn514220
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.338.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514220

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Susan Carson, Oscar S. Johnson's daughter.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 16 photographs taken by Oscar S. Johnson, a lieutenant in the United States Army, immediately following the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp.

People

  • Johnson, Oscar S.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Prisoners--Austria--Mauthausen--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Austria--Mauthausen.
  • Mass burials--Austria--Mauthausen--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--Austria--Mauthausen--1940-1950.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.